The Edie Butler Team

We all get trapped into the terrible trouble of letting go of how much we mess up in our younger days. Specifically, we wish we hadn’t made a lot of the decisions we had back then. When you find yourself doing so, have you ever noticed that you include a lot of ‘shoulds’ such as: “I

The tax reform proposal. It’s being touted in the news and currently debated in Congress. Experts are still unsure what the impact will be if it passes. Nevertheless, here are six major predictions for the housing market in 2018 that I can determine: 1. Home prices are expected to rise only by 3.2% next year.

Does anyone remember The Partridge Family? I’m dating myself as I recall this hit TV show in the mid-70’s. Perhaps you’ve seen the re-runs. Do you remember the catchy theme song “Come on, Get Happy!”? In the world of today’s social media, I’ve been noticing a lot of unhappy people around. Do you see it

1. Strong Demand Here is the latest news from the National Association of Realtors: buyer demand remains strong throughout the vast majority of the country. Mortgage rates are still at historic lows and it’s predicted they won’t remain that way forever. Consequently, we have more ready, willing, and able buyers in the market

Home prices – we all know they’ve been rising over recent years. Freddie Mac has revealed this to us. A recent report shows that homeowners who recognize this, also take advantage of it by tapping into their home equity. Those who need a home improvement, or want to consolidate their debt, pay off student debt

A new study just came out: those homeowners tempted to sell their homes on their own to avoid commission costs to a broker result into a much lower sales price. Here’s the new study that’s done by Collateral Analytics http://collateralanalytics.com/saving-real-estate-commissions-at-any-price/. It examines the price differences between home sold through traditional agents versus those sold by For Sale

Those T.V. shows! They make it look quite easy. Real estate agents are portrayed riding in expensive cars, showing up in designer clothes and negotiating huge deals over cocktails in trendy restaurants. The TRUTH IS… I find selling real estate very stressful! Ask any full-time agent you know. We work very hard at all

Want to impress your buyers? Take time to do these 10 tried and true inexpensive tasks and you will. 1- Add pizzazz to your front door – Paint it. It’s an easy, low-cost way to up your home’s curb appeal. Change out the front door handle too. 2- Spruce up your kitchen. Make it delicious

Do you have a perfection problem? I do. I need things not to be perfect, but perfect in the way that I think they should be. It’s like chasing that pot of gold at the endless rainbow. Throughout my first career (in Optometry), then in full-time motherhood (raising three kids) & finally, in my current real estate career,

I’m asking you. Yea, you! Because through my own professional challenges, I have found that my decisions about my career are important to my life. I also realize that what I face is not uncommon. Anyone can find themselves at times, wrestling with the urge to quit, throw in the towel or LEAVE without a backward glance. For